How a casual MMA fan keeps all the fighters straight
by Zack Gobie on Dec 18, 2008 11:00 AM EST
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PrintConsidering this website is my home page and I haven't missed a UFC event in years, it's pretty safe to say I'm not a casual fan. But my dad, a middle class guy pushing 50, has gotten into MMA somewhat in the past year or two. Of course with all of great fighters in the UFC, it can be difficult task to remember them all, but my dad has a pretty amusing system for himself. Obviously he knows the big draws like Lesnar, Rampage Couture, Liddell, and Griffin. But for the other ones, he christens them certain things to keep track of them. For example:
George St. Pierre: Jean-Claude/Celion Deon
BJ Penn: Crazy little Hawaiian guy
Fedor: Russian cabbage patch doll
Anderson Silva: Gumby
Wanderlei Silva: Freddy Krugar [I guess cause he looks scary, this one makes me laugh]
Dan Henderson: Jay Leno
Keith Jardine: Goblin guy
Brandon Vera: local Filipino guy
Huerta: De la Hoya
Clay Guida: Gage [cause I have a friend named Gage who looks like his long lost twin]
Cro Cop: Ivan Drago
Gonzaga: Gorilla Man
Sherk: Little Muscular Guy
Rich Franklin: Jim Carrey [that one's pretty obvious]
Machida: Karate Kid
It gets to the point where a conversation between us goes something like this:
Me: Hey dad, did you hear that Penn and GSP are gonna fight each other.
My Dad: Which ones are they again?
Me: The little Hawaiian guy and Celine Deon
My Dad: Damn, that'll be a good fight.
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Nothing says BJ Penn than cabbage patch kid
Fedor needs another name. Perhaps the care bear that ate Tim Sylvia?
you forgot:
red-neck mohawk guy
quiet well-spoken jewish-lookin kid
yao ming’s big brother
jenna jamison’s bitch
that really pissed off mexican stoner
the ‘head blade’ douche bag
corn-fed bible beater
mr mom w/ no ground game
that guy that dyes his hair red
the 12 yr old polish kid
haha
I thought this was my mom w/ no ground game
"It's like a flying knuckle sandwich." --Rogan
"And many men have eaten it." -- Goldy
red-neck mohawk guy – Herring?
quiet well-spoken jewish-lookin kid – Florian?
yao ming’s big brother – HMC
jenna jamison’s bitch – Tito
that really pissed off mexican stoner – Either Diaz
the ‘head blade’ douche bag – Trigg
corn-fed bible beater – Hughes?
mr mom w/ no ground game – No idea, but I am sure I will kick myself once someone tells me.
that guy that dyes his hair red – Leben
the 12 yr old polish kid – Hordeski
Mr Mom with no ground game sounds like Houston Alexander
"My job is a decision-making job, and as a result, I make a lot of decisions." --George W. Bush, The Decider, Lancaster, Pa., Oct. 3, 2007
I think Head Blade is Chuck Liddell
"My job is a decision-making job, and as a result, I make a lot of decisions." --George W. Bush, The Decider, Lancaster, Pa., Oct. 3, 2007
this is good stuff
what a coincidence that some of the nicknames your dad has come up with are nicknames I have heard before.
headkick’s “Mr. Mom w/ no ground game” is fucking hilarious and pure gold.
"Stop smiling you are about to be punched in the face !"
ones that I have heard from my friends (that I have not seen yet)
the guy that wears the predator mask
awful bad boy tatoo on the abdomen guy
that dude who is missing a peck muscle
middle fingers in the air for the win guy
Being on the internet gives me a right...nay a responsibility to bitch about things
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